The phrase 'term denotes' is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe the meaning of a specific word or phrase. For example, the term 'furor' denotes intense anger.
But the term denotes an emotional attitude.
(The Yiddish term denotes a joyous song or dance).
Sustainability, a broadly interpreted term, denotes the stewardship of farmland and groundwater in ecologically sound ways.
This term denotes members of denominations and churches that regard themselves as outside mainline Protestant/Catholic/Orthodox/Anglican Christianity.
In the cookery of the American South, the term denotes a candy of sugared pecan meats or coconut.
As used here, the term denotes only those traditions that were not influenced by the religion of Islām.
In modern times the term denotes the illustration and decoration of early manuscripts in general, whether or not with gold.
Technically the term denotes a brand of unsentimental realism that emerged in literature, then in theater and opera, in the late 19th century.
Distribution, also called Distribution Of Terms, in syllogistics, the application of a term of a proposition to the entire class that the term denotes.
This term denotes members of Christian churches and networks that regard themselves as independent of historical, mainstream, organized, institutionalized, confessional, and denominationalist Christianity.
Liberals disagree, and the two sides don't seem to agree on what exactly the term denotes, so the argument is likely to go back and forth interminably.
